So it appears the 360 version is NOT doing very hot in the graphics area? I know there are quite a few topics on this but this site did a pretty good job on getting pictures side by side?  What do you think?
 

If someone really cares enough that these marginally small graphics differences are a disadvantage to playing the game, then they're just being fanboys.

Man, I can never tell with any back to back comparisons. It's not like it matters anyway.

I could link about 50 threads with the exact same topic,
But instead I will just say, WHO CARES?

no surprise since ps3 was the lead platform. when 360 is lead it's the other way around. but still, it's nice to see the ps3 get a chance to show what's it's capable of.

The only place I can tell a difference (and its barley noticable) is the FMV pic of Snow. You can see a bit of grain on his hair in the 360 version. I own both consoles. Been a big FF fan on the PS1 and 2, but I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars.

" If someone really cares enough that these marginally small graphics differences are a disadvantage to playing the game, then they're just being fanboys. "

until we see some real comparisons of retail, boxed clients we can't judge. 
 
Leave this shit to eurogamer, they do it best.

Really don't care when two games have to be analyzed side by side to tell the difference. Unless one version is broken, it doesn't make a difference.

" @xyzygy said:

" If someone really cares enough that these marginally small graphics differences are a disadvantage to playing the game, then they're just being fanboys. "

They don't look very small to me. "

Both look passable. What's with the flat texture for grass, what is this, the PS2? Even Wiigames have grass sprites.

Considering the guy includes prerendered cinematics in his comparisons, I wouldn't give him much credit. (Any idiot would know that the cinematics are going to be better on the PS3 due to increased video compression on the 360). Basically Square=Enix has said from the very beginning that the two versions will be more or less comparable.

" Considering the guy includes prerendered cinematics in his comparisons, I wouldn't give him much credit. (Any idiot would know that the cinematics are going to be better on the PS3 due to increased video compression on the 360). Basically Square=Enix has said from the very beginning that the two versions will be more or less comparable. "

None of them are pre-rendered cinematic. All those are gameplay, its just a very good looking game. "

" @spazmaster666 said:

" Considering the guy includes prerendered cinematics in his comparisons, I wouldn't give him much credit. (Any idiot would know that the cinematics are going to be better on the PS3 due to increased video compression on the 360). Basically Square=Enix has said from the very beginning that the two versions will be more or less comparable. "

None of them are pre-rendered cinematic. All those are gameplay, its just a very good looking game. "

Bayonetta: "Man why would you ever buy it on the ps3? what A shitty port, blah blah"
FFXII:"Not a big deal, if this makes you change your mind then your a fanboy, blah blah"
 about the same amount of difference on both games.
 
IM MAD, FUCK, IT IS SAME ROUTINE EVERY GAME. SHIT THE GB IS GOING DOWN FAST.

" Bayonetta: "Man why would you ever buy it on the ps3? what A shitty port, blah blah" FFXII:"Not a big deal, if this makes you change your mind then your a fanboy, blah blah"  about the same amount of difference on both games.  IM MAD, FUCK, IT IS SAME ROUTINE EVERY GAME. SHIT THE GB IS GOING DOWN FAST. "

" @lucas_kelly said:

" @spazmaster666 said:

" Considering the guy includes prerendered cinematics in his comparisons, I wouldn't give him much credit. (Any idiot would know that the cinematics are going to be better on the PS3 due to increased video compression on the 360). Basically Square=Enix has said from the very beginning that the two versions will be more or less comparable. "

None of them are pre-rendered cinematic. All those are gameplay, its just a very good looking game. "

actually they're all pre-rendered. you'll see when you play. i played this a couple months back in japanese =) "

That was one confusing ass statement.  I don't care either way.
 
*walks away*

" @lucas_kelly said:

None of them are pre-rendered cinematic. All those are gameplay, its just a very good looking game. "

This shot looks pretty prerendered to me. Especially considering it looks like it has 4xAA (the PS3 version only has 2xAA in non-prerendered sections, though not sure about the AA in the 360). Also the 360 side looks like it has video compression artifacts. "

Is from a in game cutscene, not pre-rendered.

" @spazmaster666: 
 see
@lucas_kelly: "

The visuals between the PS3 and 360 versions are almost identical when playing the game.  The cutscenes are a different story, and it's there that the PS3 shows its "superiority". 

" @PufferFiz said:

" @spazmaster666: 
 see
@lucas_kelly: "

If that is indeed an in-game real time shot, then it's definitely a bullshot as in-game graphics don't have 4xAA. "

Except that is a screen from the Japanese PS3 demo from last year. :/ "

" @PufferFiz said:

Except that is a screen from the Japanese PS3 demo from last year. :/ "

The version of the game is irrelevant. In-game shots don't have 4xAA. That shot clearly does. You do the math. "

Just found a comparison between CGI and prerendered cut-scenes.
 
This is a CGI shot, and this is a pre-rendered shot using game assets. Anyway, FF13 uses both CGI and pre-rendered shots using game assets along with in-game cutscenes. But even in the prerendered cutscenes, you can see the presence of aliasing, which isn't present in that bullshot of Snow.

" Just found a comparison between CGI and prerendered cut-scenes.
 
This is a CGI shot, and this is a pre-rendered shot using game assets. "

" I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars. "

read the link I edited in.   "

" @PufferFiz said:

@PufferFiz said:

" @spazmaster666 said:

" Just found a comparison between CGI and prerendered cut-scenes.
 
This is a CGI shot, and this is a pre-rendered shot using game assets. "

read the link I edited in.   "

read the link I edited in.   "

So you're admiting then that the shot of Snow was a bullshot? ;) "

this thread is just  fanning the flames of the fanboys...

" this thread is just  fanning the flames of the fanboys... "

Also I do a lot of 3d work and video stuff So trying to tell people these are in game.

" @PufferFiz said:

Also I do a lot of 3d work and video stuff So trying to tell people these are in game.

Prove to me that the shot was not doctored in anyway (i.e. not rendered on a PC, not using 4xAA). Note, I'm not going to argue about the that the shot is a real-time in-game cutscene (vs. a prerendered in-game cutscene). "

" @Burns098356GX said:

" I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars. "

You've gotta be fucking kidding me. "

first off that is not how games work. There is only 2 things. Prerendered video and in game. With these shots these are in game with a fixed camera. Normally the camera will be set to the games default settings. but in these cinematic scenes they switch to a different camera and turn off the controller input while the game performs its animations. So you are seeing the game for how it is. Why I say they are not doctored is because they are from the ps3 Japanese demo from a 3rd part site, Not square. these 360 ones are from square so who fucking knows what they did. "

" @EVO said:

" @Burns098356GX said:

" I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars. "

You've gotta be fucking kidding me. "

I am not fucking kidding you. "

" @PufferFiz said:

first off that is not how games work. There is only 2 things. Prerendered video and in game. With these shots these are in game with a fixed camera. Normally the camera will be set to the games default settings. but in these cinematic scenes they switch to a different camera and turn off the controller input while the game performs its animations. So you are seeing the game for how it is. Why I say they are not doctored is because they are from the ps3 Japanese demo from a 3rd part site, Not square. these 360 ones are from square so who fucking knows what they did. "

Sorry, I meant pre-rendered cutscenes with game assets (as opposed to CGI). Also coming from a 3rd party site doesn't explain why that shot looks looks significantly better than other in-game screenshots I've seen, including the ones I linked to at Digital Foundry. Also even if it's true that the 360 version is only running at 576p, it still doesn't explain where all those artifacts on the 360 side came from. "

no no I agree fully, I Do not understand why the 360 version looks so bad. I think it is unacceptable for Microsoft and Square to push the 360 version ( to the west) like this yet it being garbage. Admittedly I am bias since i think their plan will fail, or not be the blockbuster they were banking on. But that is like my opinion man. "

" @Burns098356GX said:

" @EVO said:

" @Burns098356GX said:

" I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars. "

You've gotta be fucking kidding me. "

I am not fucking kidding you. "

So, despite the fact it's an inferior port you're buying it on 360 simply because the PS3 has been a let down? Get the fuck outta here. "

" If someone really cares enough that these marginally small graphics differences are a disadvantage to playing the game, then they're just being fanboys. "

" @EVO said:

" @Burns098356GX said:

" @EVO said:

" @Burns098356GX said:

" I will be getting 13 for the 360 simply because the PS3 has been the biggest let down of any console I've owned and a giant waste of 400 dollars. "

You've gotta be fucking kidding me. "

I am not fucking kidding you. "

So, despite the fact it's an inferior port you're buying it on 360 simply because the PS3 has been a let down? Get the fuck outta here. "

This 'inferior port' is hardly a noticeable difference. I also dont care about the multiple discs as I have a 120gig HD and I'll just install them all. I've owned my PS3 for over a year now, and every game I own for it has been a disappointment, and the one game I had planned on buying for it this year is now delayed (GT5). They always say the PS3 is 'raw potential', unfortunately that doesn't translate into great games. I'm simply not interested in supporting a console that continues to disappoint. As much as I hate some of the things Microsoft does, they've earned my business in multi-platform titles, atleast for now. So I will not get the fuck outta here. "

" So it appears the 360 version is NOT doing very hot in the graphics area? I know there are quite a few topics on this but this site did a pretty good job on getting pictures side by side?  What do you think?
 

http://thegamesmen.com/2010/02/19/ffxiii-cut-away-comparison-screens/

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